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VictorDianne Watson's avatar

What a vindication it is. Congratulations to Dr Bhattacharya on his confirmation as head of NIH. He will do a tremendous job!!

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Susan Baker's avatar

I’m not sure being the first Indian American is important but necessary for author to point out.

Congratulations to Dr. B!

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Jason's avatar

I am thrilled to have Dr Bhattacharya, RFK Jr and others now leading our health agencies in a science-first manner. And I’m grateful to President Trump for making it happen. And I hope former President Biden suffers for the evil he inflicted. But I’m not willing to rewrite history: On October 5, 2020 (Great Barrington Declaration) Joe Biden was NOT president. Trump was. And Trump is also the one who pushed “Operation Warpspeed” to rush the so-called vaccine. I’m very glad Trump is getting on the right side of history, but history needs to be remembered accurately; not as we wish it had unfolded.

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Susan Baker's avatar

Fauci and Collins were the experts Trump depended on for answers. Facts were hidden from Trump.

Pfizer did not release their vaccine until after the election of Biden! That is the definition of warped! Political???

Please note the Pfizer shot is proving to be more dangerous than Moderna! Truth is

coming out but no action.

Please get these shots off the children’s recommended shot schedule!

GBD authors were more courageous than we knew considering the unknown censorship machine. Thank all involved. We must not forget.

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Jason's avatar

I imagine Trump was lied to, as was Biden. For what it’s worth, I voted for Trump in the recent election, but I refuse to rewrite history.

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Julie Spike's avatar

Remember how the Democrats ridiculed Trump when he suggested speeding up the development of the vaccine? Kamala said she would not take a vaccine from Trump’s administration. Then they forced it on citizens on pain of losing their jobs. Trump was lied to. I wish he could have the humility to admit that that the vaccine strategy was a mistake and seek to take it off the market.

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Jason's avatar

Yes I remember that. And I also remember that the buck stops with the person in office. Biden deserves hell for his vax mandates but I won’t forget who first rushed these shots through and who was still bragging about it on the campaign trail a few months ago. We must hold all office-holders to a high standard even if we elect them.

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Helene Kelleher's avatar

Now let’s get to work! So much to do, so little time! Thanks to all of you who never caved to the pressures exerted upon you to cease speaking to truth….

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Herb Weber's avatar

Congratulations certainly are owed to Dr. Jay However, why is the pandemic fraud ongoing, why are people still being harmed and killed by untested vaccines, and why are the those responsible not in jail?

It is difficult to turn a 'Titanic', but the iceberg hasn't moved out of the way, so "Stop Engines - Full Reverse" is the order of the moment.

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PamelaDrew's avatar

Dr. Jay is the moniker for Jonathan Jay Couey friend to Dr Jayanta prior to the appointment.. Dr Jay Couey was first named contributor to RFK Jr Wuhan book and has done requisite biology to show RNA molecules can NEVER pandemic and vaccines are all based on biological fraud. https://rumble.com/v48xsrb-2024-01-18-super-deadly-gof-pangolin-virus-18-jan-2024-brief-twitch20368539.html?e9s=src_v1_ucp

Dr Jayanta believes in vaccines & advocated for mRNA TRANSFECTION for vulnerable populations ignoring the fact that mRNA TRANSFECTION was known failed strategy since 1999 Biotech Death of Jesse Gelsinger. Humans NEVER tolerate foreign proteins & toxins via puncture wound not useful as medicine.

https://web.archive.org/web/20121025034826/https://www.nytimes.com/1999/11/28/magazine/the-biotech-death-of-jesse-gelsinger.html

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Herb Weber's avatar

Sorry about the confusion of Drs. Jay. I meant Dr. Bhattacharya of course. No slight to any other Dr. Jay intended.

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Baya Lazz's avatar

There is no emergency use authorization for a transfection.

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Cassandra's avatar

What a great win for the country with reverberations for the rest of the world.

We look forward to the great things you are working on!

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Timothy Tobin's avatar

LET’S GOOO. . . ! ! !

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Wayne Lusvardi's avatar

Boy, have you been duped and in turn duped your readers! Below is a chronology of events leading up to Bhattacharya's nomination for head of NIH which you negligently omitted. About one month before the Bhatt Man stated he opposed lockdowns he published an article in favor of masks, lockdowns and restricting travel. Next time at least get the facts straight before proclaiming triumphalism!!!!!!

Salient Chronology of Events and Quotations:

COVID lockdown order issued March 15, 2020 (source: CDC).

Bhattacharya advocates COVID face masks, restricted travel, physical distancing (i.e., lockdowns): “A large asymptomatic population is associated with a high risk of community spread and could require a conscious shift from containment to mitigation induced by behavior changes. Our study suggests that, until vaccination and treatment become available, increasing population awareness, encouraging increased hygiene, mandating the use of face masks, restricting travel, and promoting physical distancing could be the most successful strategies to manage the impact of COVID-19 on both our economy and our health care system”. -- Dr. Jay Bhattacharya, et. al., Visualizing the Invisible: The Effect of Asymptomatic Transmission on the Outbreak Dynamics of COVID-19, MedRxIV Journal, August 29, 2020, funded by Stanford Bio-X IIP Seed Grant (M.P. and E.K.), by the NIH Grant U01 HL119578 (E.K.), by a DAAD Fellowship (K.L.), and by the Stanford COVID-19 Seroprevalence Study Fund (J.B. and E.B.)

“Current lockdown policies are producing devastating effects on short and long-term public health…Those who are not vulnerable should immediately be allowed to resume life as normal”. – Dr. Jay Bhattacharya, co-author of The Great Barrington Declaration, October 4, 2020, funded by Discovery Institute (George Gilder foundation). The Great Barrington Declaration received funding support from the Donald Trump administration, the Georg and Emily von Opel Foundation in Britain, the Wall Street Journal’s editorial board (Wikipedia.com) and American billionaire Charles Koch, British Conservative politicians, The Wall Street Journal's editorial board and the American Institute for Economic Research located in Great Barrington, Massachusetts, which co-sponsored the declaration project. No conflicts of interest disclosed.

“End the lockdown, because the lockdown is causing devastating harm for them”.

Dr. Jay Bhattacharya, podcast interview with Peter Robinson of Hoover Institution, Uncommon Knowledge, October 21, 2020.

COVID vaccines become widely available – December 14, 2020.

Headline: Trump Picks Jay Bhattacharya, A Critic of COVID Lockdowns to Lead the National Institute of Health, NBC News, White House Press Release, Nov. 27, 2024.

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Fred Kittelmann's avatar

That hardly constitutes a dupe, but I wonder what explains his change of mind.

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Wayne Lusvardi's avatar

My friend, this is evidence that Bhattacharya can be bought off and apparently was bought off. He's a sell out even though he joined the Republican Party for nomination. The Republicans desperately needed an Indian American to counter the independent candidate Dr. Shiva Ayyadurai movement.

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Wayne Lusvardi's avatar

Isn't it obvious? Money, status of being offered position of head of NIH. Put differently, this poses a question mark on Bhattacharya's character and fidelity.

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Lynne Jaffe's avatar

Such ironic humor that the very people who were demonized and censored, are now in charge of it all. Vindication is hardly a strong enough word for this! Now to watch The Show to follow! Woo hoo!

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Fred Kittelmann's avatar

Nice column. Let's hope enough is accomplished in these 4 years to make it stick. I'd hate to see things undone in the next election.

Collins' attempt to polish his legacy boils down to saying he wasn't evil, just incompetent. There isn't enough polish in the world to make that legacy look good.

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Liberty's avatar

Bravo Dr Bhattacharya.

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James Morgan's avatar

Dr. Bhattacharya is not quite what we would expect. He has forbidden criticism of Israel by doctors and scientist working under federal grants. If so, those doctors would be removed along with their grants. One must not criticize one's masters.

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Rider's avatar

There is a problem with Dr. Bhattacharya's beliefs, which comes down to the fact that viruses do not exist (there is no evidence for their existence). I was able to read and come to understand this, but the Dr. has not figured this out.

The problem with covid and all other "viruses" is simple. There are no published studies in which a pure specimen of "virus" particles of any kind has ever been isolated from the fluids or tissues of a sick "infected" person or animal. Think for 10 seconds about this fact. If no isolate of any virus has ever been attained, there is no way to demonstrate that non-isolated particles "infect" (go into) cells, self replicate using "cellular machinery" (whatever that is--no one knows), make people or animals sick when naturally exposed to the non-isolated particles, and spread via imagined pathways of "contagion". None of these experiments have ever been done, because "virologists" admit they cannot find, gather and isolate any "virions".

This means no viruses have ever been proven to exist.

Christine Massey of Canada has queried 250 public health agencies world wide regarding covid and about a dozen other "viruses". She asks, do you have any studies to share with me that demonstrate physical isolation of this virus from the tissues/fluids of a sick person? Always the answer comes abck.."We have no such..." The CDC responded to one such query: "The Definition of "isolation" provided in the request is outside of what is possible in virology, as viruses need cells to replicate, and cells require liquid food. However, the Sars Cov-2 virus may be isolated from a human clinical specimen by culturing in cell culture, which is the definition of "isolation" as used in microbiology, and as indicated in the previous round of response in the resources provided."

But the "isolation by culturing in cell culture", which the CDC falls back on to disclaim lack of isolation has been formally falsifed. The official story is cell culturing provides indirect (circumstantial) evidence of the presence of a "virus". They take monkey kidney or human embryo cells, add antibiotics and antifungals, chemcial dyes, serum from horses cows, and then inoculate with snot or whatever from a sick person(s). After a week, about 1/3 of the time, electron microscopy indicates cells dying, decomposing into shards and tiny particles. This "cytopathic effect" virus hunters celebrate as "proof" of viral infection. Virologists then select one type of particle as "the virus" and display cool photos of this "pathogen".

But control cultures wherein the same toxic stew is concocted BUT NOT INOCULATED with "infectious sample" also produce dying cells, just as extensively as in the "infected" culture! In every decade since the 1940s through today, virus enthusiasts have noticed this phenomena and written about it in published studies, approximately 27 times! Also, Jamie Andrews of the UK has confirmed this phenomena 94 times in studies he conducted!

Explaining the death of cells needs no virus; there are plausible possibile causes such as poisoning with antibiotics/antifungals, dyes, ripping away cells from living organisms, and starvation.

No one has attained isolate of any "virus." Molecular detection, whether for DNA RNA snippets, or protein coating molecules of some alleged "virus" is a dead end. With no isolate they cannot know what molecules to search for. They search anyway.

It is time to think. Conservatives like to hug "conservative virologists" and doctors, as supplying the right explanation. But if such spokespeople are incapable of following logical reasoning, are they deserving of support and applause?

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Timothy  Martin's avatar

Dr. Bhattacharyya was correct on the draconian "Con-Vid" measures. None were actually backed by science, instead, the pseudoscience of "virology" was employed. The dirty little secret and one Dr. Bhattacharya (and RFK Jr.) still subscribes to is that "viruses" exist. Yet, an examination of the alleged "scientific" papers purporting to establish virus existence never actually prove their existence.

https://drsambailey.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/A-FAREWELL-TO-VIROLOGY-Expert-Edition-V1.2.pdf

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Dr. Victoria Dubin Master's avatar

I agree. Your article is fantastic and this is an incredible moment in history! I was one of the signers!! May Freedom Ring!!

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keilu's avatar

Cite this as:

BMJ 2020;371:m3927

http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/bmj.m3927

Published: 13 October 2020

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